Apparatus for drying and shaping hosiery and the like.



AFIN@ HUSER! AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION PLED JUNE APPARATUS FOR Damm AND 966 Patented M1127, w14.

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APPARATUS POR DRYING AND SHAPING HOSIBRY AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUN 27,1911.

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G. GOLLIS.

APPARATUS FOR DRYINQLl AND SHAPING HUSIERY AND THB LIKE.

APPLIGATEON FILED JUNE 27,1011A l l 14,966.' Patented oct. 27, 1914,

G. GOLLIS.

APMM-TUS POR DRYING AND SHAPING HQSIBRY AND THB LIKE.

APPLICATION PIL-ED JUNE 27,1911. l 14,966. Patented oct. 2?, 1914.

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G. GOLLS. APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND SHAING HOSIERY AND THE MKB.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27,1911.

atented Oct. 2'?, 1914.

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G. GOLES. APEARMUS FOR Damm AND SHAHNG HoSERY AND THB LIKE. APFLEGATXON'FLBD JUNE 27,1911.

1,1 MES@ Patented @on 2v, 1914.

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GEORGE Gomis, or Boscone', iou'a,es'srenoii, BY Missen Assmann-nrs, 'ro PARA- MOUNT METAL FORM DRYNG COBTP NY. OF BAVER Dlf, WISCGNSIN. A @OREG--y RATION OF VISCONSIN.

APPABATS FOB. DRY-ING LJ SHAPING HOSIEBY AND THE LIKE of which the following" is :i specilicaticn. rel!- erence heinehad therein to the accoinianying drawing.

' My invention relates to apparatus for dry ing and shaping. textile articles (such j hosiery7 andthe like), andI has for an object the provision of instrumentalities whereby'. one or more of the articles may be supported in a'inaniier to facilitate the presentation thereto of a suitable drying medium-in the torni of hea't,hot air7 steam, etc. -thefap plica-tion of said drying medium being either to the interior surface of the article orto both the inferior; 'and exterior surfaces simull taneousl hereby evaporation ofthe mois ture'tm -tic'levinay he effected with celerity? im uniformity and vwhereby also the proper shaping of, the article iii-uy lie simultaneously produced.

Inhosiery mills, the usual methods of drying vand shapingv hosiery practised' :it the present time include the placing of each stecking upon thin solid Wooden hoard. 'Several of these are then mounted en a racl: or similar structure and moved, into a drying-room,

-to lie leftthere sufficiently lon-7' to permit then 'dryinglot 'the stoclri.. rflic-y are and.

withdra'Wnfrom the drying-room' thereafter. removed roni the boards.

next step isto sha-pe them. his f:

ne :is u, dry- VThe aforementioned tirst step ot hoarding, as it is termed, is slowA and: expensive.

'and the-results-a'realways uncertain, since the presentation'of'the heat is to the exterior surface-only of theartiele. and toe heat doesl nothlways .penetrate-tlirough the fabric. so

that," frequently, the articles are withdrawn .from the drying room before their complete dryiiigis" effected. Moreover, 'the expenseof maintaining proper de ree, ot heat in the drying-room t oreal. and', oyen where may vari.'

.ie nceessitj.' ot rviianrllin'g 'l'oi' shaping hem Still further increases the lalior and expense ot manufac- Speciicatiozi ci Letters Patent.

Applicationled June 27. 191i.

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'Patented Utet. 27, 1914. Serial No. 635,686.

l ture.v By my invention, these objections and disadvantages are eliminated and the prod uct is of a superior quality. Moreover, 'it is a desideratuin simultaneously to dry and shape the article being treated. Thereby, the second step mentioned characterizing present-day methods entirely avoided. Moreover, by. the instrunientalities included in theapparatus, I am enabled simultaneously to present heat both to the interior 'surface and to the exterior surface of the article. whereby 'a thorough drying of the article is insured. v l

The invention includes the apparatus, the 'inechanisins. the devices. and the velements hereinafter described. l desire tops'tate, at the outset, however, that my invention is not restricted to the details now 'rohe described, nor tothe particular relative arrangement and aggroupment herein shown, except insofar as these may he speciliedin the claims.

n the accompanying drawings, wherein l have illustrated certain embodiments.ofv

my inif'entionthough it Will be recognized that other embodiments are Within the 'spirit of the inventioiil `igure l is ayiewpin secture being broken away more clearly to re-4 ".'eal parte of the machine; Fig. 2a is a fragmentary View in horizontal section ot a por tion of the structure; 3 is aiiragmentary View, also in plan, of a portion of the structure, on a somewhat larger scale; Fig. '4 is also a 'fragmentary View in sectional elevation. {sho-.ringl a part of one forni of actuating mechanism or" the machine: Fig. 5 is also a fragmentary View, i nl plan, showing the same; igs. G and 7 'are detail views of roller-devices i'oiininga part of the framesupporting structure; Figs. S and S) are de- Zonta] section oi the sto( i member: Fig. l0 is a viewglsunilar to Fig'. l; of a modi ied form ot' machine; Flu'. ll is'a View, similar to Fig. 2, 'of this moditied torni of machine; and Figs.' 12 and 13 are. iraglmontelyf nous in front and side elevation of i another modified torni of-machine. parts of i f the machine being sliow'ii in section.

Referring to these drawings, the reference nuinfa'al l designates a table,`base or maibo " be of any suitable form but which, in this instance, are constructed with a view to affording strength and rigidity'to the ma..

chine. Mounted above said top-plate is a carrier or member-supporting vframe which is designated generally by the numeral In the preferred embodiments of my invention, this frame includes a circular member or casting 5, a hub-structure V6 comprising an upper heat-supplying hub 7, and a lower heat-withdrawing hub 8. Extending between 'and connecting said hub-structures and the circular member are a series of spokes or arms .9.

The aforementioned' member-supporting frame el isdesig'ned to rot-ate, and, to this end, is movably supported on said base or table. To facilitate the rotative travel of said frame, therelis interposed between the hub-structure 6 and said base an antiffriction bearing 10; and, similarly, there is interposed between the circular member 5 and the' base a seriesof angularly-arranged rolling-elements or guides which, in this instance, are in the form of guiding rollers 11, each of which is suitably journaled in an upstanding yoke-member 12 adjustably secured 0n a ,block 13 attached to the top-plate. `To effect an adjustment of said roller, for the urpose of positioning it relatively to the ower surface of the circular member, an adjusting-screw 14 isthreaded insaid block 13 and engages the underside of-said yokemember 12.` By, turning said screw in one direction the yoke and its/roller are raised; or 'if it is turned in the opposite direction, they are correspondingly lowered. To effect rotative movement of said member-supporting framelany suitable actuating-mechanism may beemployed, and this may be driven from a sourceof power, or manually. In an e embodiment herein shown, I have, by way of example,

disclosed a manually-operated mechanism for driving said frame; but it iS to be understood that, in some instances, it

would'be advan ageous to drive the same by power, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13.

The manually-operated mechanism re-` ferred to inelides a slide 15 adapted to oscillate in aguide-way or block 16' mounted on thefportionI of the top-plate underlying the supporting fr'ame. Pivo'tedl at one end of saidfslide 15 is a spring-pontrolled pawl 17 adapted to engage one orano'ther of a series of abutments 18 mounteld equidistantly on the lower face' of the circular-member 5, Arranged in juxtaposition to said guidebloek 16 and in the path of travel of the abutments is a spring-pressed safety-stop 19,

the function of which is to engage one of said abutments 18 and arrest. the movement of the supporting-framenbeyond a prede termined point.. It will be observed that the l stop 19 is, at its upper end, beveled on the active face 19 and that the active face or portion 18- of each of the abutments is correspondingly beveled. In consequence, when the two beveled faces of these elements engage they will, under normal pressure, effect a stopping' of the frame; but when abnormal pressurel thereon is producede-in a manner presently to be explainedfthe spring 19b which controls the stop will yield and permit the stop to be depressed whereby the abutment will pass by said stop. f

As a means` for actuating the slide 15,1 have shown a handpperateddevice comprising a segmental member 20 fast one horizontal shaft 2l suitably journaled in one of the legs of the machine-'frame and a'fiexible` or4 chain-connection 22between said slide 15l Vand the segmental member 20, andwhich connection passes over sheaves or pulleys 23,

.24 mounted on the top-plate adjacent 'to the slide. Suitably keyed to the shaft 21ris a hand-lever 25. By the means just described, the slide '15 is actuated in one direction to cause the supporting-frame to be rotated. It will be seen that, thereby, the frame is actuated intermittently; that is, in a step- ,j

bjr-step manner. To return the slide -to starting position, a chain or connection 26 is secured attheslend of the slide. opposite to that to which chain 22 is attached,`,and passes over a pulley or sheave 27,. A-tits end is attached a weight 28. When, there fore, the operator moves the hand-lever 25 in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow in-'Fig. 4,- the. slide, underthe influence of the weighted connection 26, will frame when rotated by the hand-lever'is precluded by the engagement of one of the abutments with the stop 19, as already explained.'

ferredlembodiment of the invention, there' .with certainty be shifted back to normal I 'position Any overthrow movement of the isv'a series of these members, and each is Ypreferably removably attached` in any. ap-

propriate manner to the circular-member 5 lso that it maybe replaced by another of `different size whenever necessary.' These members may be mounted on said member 5, and I prefer -to dispose them so that they will have their edges extending parallel to their direction of travel, as shown in Figs. 19; o'r, in lieu of this arrangement, they may be placed at an angle, as shown 1n Flgs.

10 and 11.

Referring now 'to Figs.l 8 and 9, it ill be seen that each of the stocking-holding and shaping members 29v is hollow, and is formed relatively narrow in cross-section and has its-two edges 29a relatively thin. vBy reason of -this peculiar construction, the artlcle 1s creased and shaped,'-the narrowness of the stocking-holders form body of the member and the thinness of the edge 'contributing to this result. These or members 29 are formed by j'oininnr tWoHside sections 29h at their edges, and have a central partition which dlYidcs .the holders into tivo channels 29c and 29d, which, near the toe-end 29e, communicate with each other. There is thus pre- .sented acontinuous passage for a heating or drying medium extending from the open end of the hold-er to the toe-end and backagain tofthe open end. These holders are preferably made of some good heat-conduct-I ing material like copper. At their open end, these holders are provided .with a flanged base-piece Qtlfa which forms a means of attachment of the holders to the upper face of the circular` member 5. 'They are attached ineany suitable manner and others of different size or may be substituted therefor. To the end. first, that these holders mav be supplied with a heating or drying medium of a predetermined temperature and in a predetermined 'voluma and. then, that such heating or drvine' niediumkafter circulatingl through said channel and chambers 29c and QSL-may he Withdrawn from or be conveyed ofi trom theholders, l provide themeans for eii'ecting these results, to-Wit: The circular member' 5 is provided With a pair o annular channels 30 3l, the former being' What I shall designate the supplychamben and the latter the exhaustn chamber." These chambers or channels extend entirely around the circular-member. They oi? course. independent of each other. That which have, designated the.

amber communicates as by a port the open' end of the channel 29 su pplnch 30a with in the stocking-holder 29, While the eXhaustchamber communicates, by a port 31, with channel Q9 in eaohof the equidisrandy-disposed holders 29. To convey the heatingr or drying medium into the supplycleannel or chamber, as from a suitable son ce of supply or generation-and I may her tate that said medium may be steam, hot i. r or Water, or anv other appropriate thermal element-I connect With saidsuo plv-chamber, bv means of flexible couplings 30h, inV the form of a packing nut, a series of pipes, tubingr or the like, designated by thc numeral 32) each of which connects atits opposite ond B3 with the hollowT hubmembcr 'T which is commento all of said pipes. 'The packing nuts 30h constitute 'a flexible connection, whereby expansion is taken caro or". leading into the top of said chaud/cred huh-member is a supplv-pipe 34 which extends upwardly,r to and through the covered frame-Work of the machine with a suitable source' ofsunf ner-ator. Encircling thispipe Se here il l @.crs the hubrnember is a stuing- ,allowed to escape. the member 7, is elliptical in fornn.

'and especially when t -the fol-lowing structure lmay' gland or packing nut- 35 which constitutes a steam-tight connection between the pipe 34: and ln1b-1nember,and which subserves, also. the function of overcoming the dilliculties that would otherwise occur by reason of expansion. To exhaust the steam or other .hea-ting agent from the eXhaust-chamberafter it has circulated through the holdera pipe or tubing 36 is connected therewith at one end, and has its other end connected with the lower hub-member A8 `Which is chambered and provided with an outtake pipe 38 leading hack This hub-member 8, like gland to insure a steam-tight connection between it and the outtake pipe 38.

y referring to Figs. l and 2, it Will be seen that the pipes 32 are coupled to the inner side Walls of the circular member 5 so that they may feed into the supply/channel; and that the couplings of the pipes 36 extend through said supply-channel and into 1 the exhaustrhannel. rhese channels may be partitioned oli' at intervals to form Vsub-charfjueis 97, 37g, and each of the pipes 32 and 36, may respectively supply steam to and exhaust it from each of these sub-chambers. In this arrangement a pair of the hosiery-holders would' communicate with these .sub-chambers 87 and 37a. At times7 he machineis to be started and when it is stopped, it is necessary .to drain offjthe excess of condensation: For'this purpose, a series of' small drainage-pipes 39 aregconnected with the circular-nieznber 5, andthese are controlled by valves 40;

The structure which has-been described in the foregoing vis'adapted to present a drying medium to like; that is articles, such as stockings, has been positioned on e'ach of the hosiery-holders, and

the drying medium is emitted to circulate through said holders y the several' instru mentalities already specified), the steam, etc: Will cause these holders to become heated and elect arapid evaporation of the mois-A ture in the article. The hear is, plied to the inner'surface of the article,

lind it ofdvaiitage to subject the external surface toprying medium, also, and, preferably,- simultaneously with its application to the internal surface. For this purpose, he provided: Secured to the base',beyond the outside edge of the circular member 5,' isa series of outvWardly-entending;brackets 41 to which arey uprights attached thelower ends of outside or stanchions 4:2. Secured tothe upper ends of these stanchions'are inwardly 'and 'uptothe generator, or j provided with a stuffing; Se4

the inside of hosiery the to say,`when one or more of the iro lit

wardl'v-extending supports 43 which terminate in a ring 44having'an upstanding-vaporescape tuhularme'mber 45,'connecting iso Walls sutiiciently close with asuitable exhaust-system whereby the moisture and vapor rising from the drying ot the hosiery may be quickly removed. Suitabl secured to cach of the outer stanchions 42 is a fabric or other heat-resisting material 47 Whichiorms the outer Wall of the housing or casing. The top or roof of the housing is similarly formed. It Will also be seen that this vannular housing is in the path-01": travel 'of .the upstanding hosiery-holders and is adapted to retain heat supplied to it in any desirable manner, as by the emanation or radiation from' the hosiery holders or from the holder-carrier 5 while the heating medium passes through them from the steam pipes, etc., Whenebythe external surface of the hosiery or like article is subjected to a drying action. The housing-wall also subserves the function of protecting the operator from the intense heat of the machine.y

As shown in Fig. 2, the circular housing or casing, at the front portion ot the machine, .is interrupted by end-walls 48 and 49, and these are cnnected by an arcuate Wall 5G. Each of the Walls 4S and 49 is provided with an elongated entry opening 48E-and an exit opening 49, respectively,through-Which the hosiery-holders may pass. `These openings are ci' such si ze and 'form as to reduce to minimum the escape of the heat contained inthe Working space 51 of the housing. The lower ends of the Walls 48 and 49 extend to a point just above the plane ofthe circular member 5 irl -ch passes under these to preclude any appreciable escape oi" the contained-heat.

Operation: Initially, the operator Will actuate means of the operating mechanism already detailed, and includingl the handle'ver at the front oll the machine Which et. tects movement of the pand-carrying slide) the circular member 5 to bring into the open space 51, between the Walls 48 and 49, a` series-preierably foutu-ot the hosiery-holders, whereupon each holder has placed on it the hosiery article. Thereafter, he actuates the circular' holder-carrier. 5 one space, and places on the newly-presented holder one of the articles; and so on until he fills the series of holders. In the meantime, the firstlled-holders have entered 'the heat-containing casing or housing, and the drying-medium has heated the holders themseNcs, so that both the internal and external surfaces are heated. 3y the time the irst holder has made the circuit and is broughtl into the filling-space 51. the article thereon Will be thoroughl,i7 dried and, bv reason of the specified 'form otthmhold'er, it will simultaneously have been shaped. The operator, or his assistant, then removes these dried and shaped articles 'from Xach of the holders and lars tb.A m on an adieu-nt pressing-board (not shown). f

The structure which has hereinabove been described is the preferred lied form of structure. resides, among other things, in arranging the 'hosiery-heidirig-members at an angle to the line of their travel. This arrangement necessitates a dilerent form of end-walls ot' the heating-housing, and this construction I will now describe: In lieu of stationary end-Walls, such as those described in' connection with the preferred structure, I may provide a pair of cam-operated doors or gates 52 and 53 at each side of the space 51: In this instance, each gat'e 52 carries a pivot 52a which turns in a bracket 52' mounted on a stationary part of the machine. Each door 53 rotates on a pivot 53% formed in a bracket 53, also mounted on a stationary part of the machine. The position of these gates is controlled by cam-surfaces: As seen in-Fig. 10, each gate 52 isv provided with an extension 52 which carriesa roller 52d adapted to engage a cam-surface 54 (Fig. 11). When the roller ridesinto one of the depressions 54, the gate is closed; but, as the roller rides 'along the outwardly-extending and more sharply deined portion of the cam-surface, the gate 52 is thereby caused to swing toward the right (as viewed in Fig. 11). Then, as it traverses the elongated portion of the cam-surface, the tendency of the gate to swing toward the left and close. Means (not shown) may be provided to maintain the roller against the cam-surface, it necessary; but, in practice, that has not been found essential. The part 53c of the gateactuating element`55 carried by the gate 53 is providedwith an arcuate slot in which moves a roller 53r1 adapted to traverso a cam-surface 56, and by which each of the gates 53 is The cam-surfaces 54 and 5G are so iiorincd and relatively arranged that the gates 52 and 53 at each side of the space 51 are simultaneously opened so that each hosiery- Aholding member may pass after which the gates close.

In the modilied form of structure Yshown in Figs. 12 and 13, there is disclosed powerwhenever it is desired to eect'a traveling form of machine. In Figs. l0 and 11, I have illustrated a modif The modification therethrough,

driven mechanism Jfor actuating the circular Limes@ movementv ot the machine to carry the hosiery-supporting holders into the casing, It Will be understood that when the pulley and shaft are clutched, the pinion 5S is revolvedand, as it meshes with the rack 5'?, as aforementioned, it will cause the circular member 5 to travel. lThe circumference ci' 'the pinion is preferably equal to the distance which one'of the hosiery-holders must travel to move from' the filling-space 5l, through the opening 4S, and into the heat-containing housing or easing.

By the structure just described, I have provided vpmver-driven actuating-means, which may be utilized in lieu of the manually-operated mechanism previously described. v

While 'l have herein described my. invention in detail and illustrated twoeinbodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that I do' not limit myself to such details, nor to these two embodiments; since the invention is susceptibleof a. Wide range of'modiication without departing from its spirit.

llhat I claim is: Y

l. )in apparatus for drying and shaping teistilghosiery articles including in combina'tion,n a hase, a support mounted thereon, one or more hollow article-holding and shaping members mounted on said support andv eachbeing narrow in cross-section relatively to its Width and having its opposite sides converging at their margins to term edges substantially formation of a crease in and shaping 0i' he article, and means for maintaining a heating medium in the interior of said hollow member or members to heat the member or members from Within and ythereby effect evaporation ot' moisture from the article sustained by said member.

An apparatus for drying and shaping mois-tened hosiery articles including in comllinat-ion, a support, a. channeled articleholding and zping' member mounted on said support l being narrow in cross-section relatively toits width and having sides converging into an edge substantially sharp-A ened to ell'ert the formation of a crease in and a shaping of the article, and means lior maintaining a heatingmedium in the channel oi saidhollgling and shaping member to heat the same from Within and eiiect evapo-V ratibn of moisture from the article snstained by said member. l

El. Au apparatus tor simultaneimsi;Y drying and shaping hosiery including in Vcoinnation, a base, a suppertiug-instrumental ity mounted thereon. a combined drying' and shaping device mounted on said instrumentality and comprising a plurality of narrowly-spared vsides connected at theirl edges to `Forni a heat-containing n'leinl'ner and converging into sharpened edges to' produce sharpened to. effect the' il l l l a crease in said hosiery, and means .for maintaining a heating medium Within the interi -r ci the device.

apparatus forsimultaneously drynd shal "uff hosiery including in commedium interior thereof.

5. The combination, shaping apparatus, of heating and sl'iaping form thereon relatively thin in crosseection and having oppositelydisposed' sides convergingat their margins in hosiery drying and to form kcrease-producing edges and pro-- ,vided with channels for the passage of a heated duid, and means for supplying heat- Aed fluid to the interior of saidorm, Where- ,by the article mounted thereon may simul= taneonsly be dried and creased.

6. .An imperforate, channeled hosiery-drying and shapingr form 'to which the hosiery is directly applied, said formbeing relatively thin in cross-section and having opposite sides meetingat-an acute angle and pref senting substantially sharp edges, and provided with a passage -to contain a heatingr `medium whereby the form may be heated and hosiery and creased thereby. 'i 7. An imperforate stocking drying and shaping'form to Which the stocking is di- :reetly applied, sai-d form heing 'i provided with an elongated heat-conveying passage adapted to receive `a heating medium for lheating the same lfrom Within and being relatively thin in eross-sectionand having presenting substantially sharp edges, Wherehy the stocking will be simultaneously dried, :shaped and creased.

' As an article of manufacture for use in apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery and the like, a combined dryiu and shapingr member formed thin vin crosssection and having its sides converging to form substantially sharpened crease? on, a hase, a'support mounted thereon,

a support, a metallic` simultaneously dried, shaped` opposite sides meeting at an acute angle and producing edges and hollow to contain a'A heating medium for heating the member from Within. A

tf). As an article of manufacture for use in anparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery, a combined'drying and shaping member formed ivitliV arelatively narrow bodyr and with sidesnjteeting in an ecute angle i substantially sharpened to present -oppositelydiExposed,`

crease producing edges andhollow to contain a heat-produc* inggmediuin for heating the memberfronrv 10. As an article of manufacture for use in apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery and the like, a combined drying and shaping member formed with a relatively narrow body and with converging sides to 'form oppositely-disposed, substantially sharpened crease-producing edges, said member being provided with an intei-nal channel to contain a heating medium.

11. The combination, in stocking drying and shaping appara-tus, of a steam conduit; and a hollow metal form having its interior in communication with said conduit, the vsaid form being relatively thin in cross-section, having substantially sharpened creaseprodncing edges, and being channeled internally for the passage of a heating medium, whereby a stocking may be simultaneously dried, creased, and rendered substantially fiat when dry.

12. An apparatus for drying and shaping textile hosiery articles including in combination, a support, a hollow article-holding and shaping member mounted on'said support and being narrow in cross-section relatively-to its width and having its opposite edges substantially formation 01E-a crease in and a shaping of the article, and means Jr'or supplying a heating mediumto the interior of said shaping member for heating the same from within .and thereby edecting 4evaporation of moisto form and outlet,.and p ping communicating with ture from the article sustained thereby.

13. An apparatusfor simultaneously drying and sha ing hosiery including in combination, a eat-conveying support, a combined drying' and shaping device mounted on said support and .comprising a hollow heat-containing and shaping member having narrowly spaced sides which converge substantially sharpened edges to shape the article substantially flat and to crease.l the same at opposite 'edges` and means'tfor sup lying a heating medium to the interiore said member to edect the heating' of the same from within.

14. The combination, in a drying device,

of a hollow form adapted to be heated from withinfand having sides which converge to form substantially sharpened edges for si-. multaneously dryiugand shaping moistened eupon which said form is supported, an inlet and-'an outtextile hosiery articles, a tab -let in said form for the circulation of a heatpartition within said form the heating ing medium, a providing lspaces for containing medium and commumca'tlng -w1th said inlet said inlet and outlet.

15. The'combinatiom'in a drying device,

of" a hollow 1 hosiery dryin form adapted to be heated having crease-producing. edges, a table for supporting said form, said form having an inlet and an outlet-"for-the circulation of a and shaping shaped and creased.

sharpened to effect the om within and heating medium, a partition within said form providing for the passage of the heating medium and communicating With said inlet and outlet, and a plurality of heatconveying instrumentalities independentlyconnected to said 'inlet and outlet whereby said lio-rm effects a drying and simultaneous flattening of the hosiery article placedA thereon.

16. The combination in a hosiery drier, of a heat-containing chamber, a form-support adapted to occupy a position within the chamber, a hosiery form mounted on said support and having substantially sharpened crease-producing edges and hollow to contain a heating medium to heat vthe form from within,` and means for introducingthe heatin medium into the hollow portions of said orni, whereby the article mounted thereon may be simultaneously dried,

17. The combination in a hosiery drier, of a heat-containing chambena form-supi port adapted to occupy a position within the chamber, a heat-holding hosiery-shaping form' mounted on said support and relatively thin in cross-section and having subf stantially sharpened crease-producing edges and hollow to contain a heat-producing medium to heat the form froml within, and meanfor causing said heat-producing' medium in said form to effect a heating of the form from within,whe1eby the articlemounted thereon may while in said chamber be simultaneously dried, shaped `and 1Go creased. 1

18. In apparatus for treating hosiery and the dike, a series of `metallic drying and shaping forms, each rela-tively thin in croSS- section and having its sides converging' to 105 form substantially sharpened edgesand hollow to contain a heating medium to cause the form to -be heated from within, and a' support for and common to all oflthe series,I said-supportincluding means for .supply-s ing a heatin medium tothe interior of t e formswhere y a plurality ofstockings-rnay be dried and simultaneously shaped.- 1' if i 19. -In apparatus for-drying and shaping, hosiery, a heat-conveying instrumentality, Y, 1175 and a seriesof hosiery-holding forms juxt posed on: said Vinstrumentality and neledl .for ,the passage therethrough. of' 4 heating medium .tory heating the form from, within, each relatively thin in cross-sectionl and having its isides meetingat an acute angle to .presentl substantially sharpened edges, whereby hosiery may be simulta "i ously dried and shaped* H f 20. Inv-apparatus for drying and sha-pin' hosiery, heat-conveying instrumentali a series `of hosiery-holding orms "junta, posed on said instrumentality and-relatinel thin inL cross-section and having subst@ tally sharpened; and 'chanibcj containing a heating medium to heat the form from within, whereby hosiery may be simultaneously dried and shaped, and Va table upon which said heat-conveying instrumentality is supported.

21. The combination, in a drying device, of a-hollow form, a table, a casting carried by. he table and connected to said hollow form, an inlet and an outlet in said casting Jfor the circulation of a heated iiuid,A aV partition within said form providing independent spaces communicating with said inlet and outlet, and a pair of pipes independently connected to said inlet and outlet.

22. A. drying mechanism for'hosiery and like tubular fabrics, comprising a pair of pipes, connecting fittings for said pipes, each provided with a plurality of passageways `with spaced-apart verticalV exits through the upper wall of the fitting, and hollow vertically-partitioned formers each secured to one of said fittings and forming a communicating passage-way between :said spaced-apart evits.

23. The combination,A in a drying dpvice, of a hollow form having sides meeting yat an acute .angle to present creasep foducing edges, a table, a casting carried bythe-table and connected tofsaid hollow form and having an inlet and an outlet for the circulation oi a. heated fluid, a partition within said form providing communicating spaces connected with said .inlet and outlet respectively,

and a pluralityof conduits independently connected. to said inlet andoutlet, respectively. l

24. A drying mechanism for hosiery and like tubular fabrics, comprising-a plurality of.: juxtaposed steam-pipes, connecting ttings for said pipes, a member provided with sections having .engagement with the 'pipes and having spaced-apart 'vertical.. exits4 through the `upper wall thereof, and hollow vertichlly-partitioned formers, each4 former being" relative-ly thin in cross-section and having substantially sharpened Vcrease-producing edges and each secured tojsaid member adjacent said* fittings and forming a communicating passage-way between said spaced-apart exits. Y 25. An apparatus for drying and shaping hosiery articles including in combination, a base, a supporting-member movably mounted thereon, means for eii'ecting movement of said member, one or more hollow article-f holding and-shapingmembers mounted on said supporting member and traveling therewith and each' beinx narrow in cross-section relatively to its wi th and having its oppov.site sides converging at their margins to form edges substantially sharpened to eect the vformation of a' crease and a shaping of the article, and hollow to contain a heating medium vfor 'heating'- the member 'fromv Within, said supporting member 'being chan-V neled and constituting meansfor supplying a heating medium to the interior of said hold-ing and shaping member oration of moisture from the article sus` tained by said member.

26. An apparatus for simultaneously drying, and shaping hosiery including in combination, a base, a traveling support mounted thereon, 'a plurality of hollow, combined drying and shaping members carried by the support and formed relatively thin in crosssection and having sides meeting in substan-A tially reduced crease-producingedges,v and means for supplying a heating medium to4 the interior oi said hollow members.

27. The combinationin a hosiery drier, of a drying chamber, a carrier, a hollow hosiery form mounted on said carrier and partitioned. to. form passages for a vheating medium to" heat the form from within, and means for traversing the' said carrier into and through the drying chamber.

28. The combination in a hosiery drier, of

a drying chamber, a table, a guiding device on the table and in juxtaposition to the drying chamber, a carrier, a series of hollow and channeled stocking forms thereon ,and adapted to travel with the' carrier intothe drying chamber and to be heated from within, means for traversing the'carrier. and means for constantly supplying a heating medium to the interior of each of said forms during a Period oftheir travel. 29. The combination of a table, a ,guiding vdevice thereon, a carrier on the device, means for traversingv the' carrier, and a hosiery lform mounted on the carrierand having 'sidg's'converging to form crease-producing edges, and hollow to contain a heating m9'- dilrm whereby the form may beheated from within. n y

30. The combination of a. table, a guiding device thereon, a carrier adapted to thev device, a housing proyided with inlet and outlet openings, a' hosiery-shaping formen the` carrier having slides meeting at acute `angle `to present substantially sharp creasey producing edges and hollow tof -contain a heating medium for heating the form from Y within, and means for traversing the carrier into and out of said housing-.through said openings. v

3l. An apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery, including in combination, a base, a traveling'supporting-frame movably mounted onvsaid basemcans for moving vsaid frame on its supportingsbase, a heat-containing housing also mounted loir said base, a hosiery drying and shapingf member carried by 'said supporting-frame and traveling therewith into and out of said housing and hollow to contain a heating medium. for heatingihemember from withsin, and meansffor' supplying the heating mezdiunrto the interior of said shaping member.

32. An* apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery, including in combination a* base, aV traveling supporting-frame movably mounted on said base, means for moving said frame on its supporting-base, a yheat-containing hou'sin also mounted on said base, a combined drying and shaping member formedv w'ifth two oppositely-disposedsubstantially sharpened ,crease-producing edges and carried by said supporting-frame `and traveling therewith into and out of said housing and hollow to contain a heating medium for heating the member from within, and means for supplying the heating medium to the interior of said shaping member. y y

33. An apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery, including in combination, .abase,. a. rotatable supporting frame vmovably mounted onsaid base and channeled for the passage of a heat-producing medium, vmeans formoving said frame-on its supporting-base, a heat-retaining housin also mounted on said base,- and a combined drying and shaping member carried by said supporting-frame and traveling therewith into and yout of said housing and hollow to. receive the heating medium from said frame for heating the member from within and thereby to effect evaporation of;moi'sture from an article mounted on the exterior of the form.

34. An apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery articles, including in combination, a base,'a rotatable support mounted thereon, actuating means therefor, a series of hollow and narrow thin-edged drying and shaping members ounted on said rotatable support, means for-supplying a heating medium to the interior of each memberl of the series to heat it lfrom within toen-appropriate drying temperature, and a heat-*retaining housin disposed relatively to the path of travel o Asaid shaping members and into which housing said members are positioned.

"'35. An apparatus for simultaneously drying and shaping hosiery-articles, including in combination7 abase, a rotatable support mounted thereon, actuating means therefor',

a series of relatively narrow-bodied, sharpened-edged drying and shaping members mountedmnsaid rotatable support and hollow to receive a heating medium for heating the members from within, means for supplying the heating medium to the interior of each member of the series to heat it to an appropriate drying temperature, and a heatcontaining housingfdisposed relatively to the path of travel of'v saidshaping members and wherein heat is retained for application ato the exterior'surfaeesof the artid@ .hOuSng being provided' withk entry audrey@ openings through which. said memlmrsvLE-w-.z

.ing'the members from within, means for supplying a heating medium to the interior of-each member of the series, aheat-retaining housing disposed relatively to the path of travel of said shaping members whereby heat is retained and applied to the exteriorsurface' of the article, said housing being provided., with entry and exit openings' through which said members pass into and outofsaid housing, and with gates for closingv said openings. y Y

37. An apparatus for simultaneously drying .and shaping hosiery-articles, including in combination, a base, a rotatable support mounted thereon, means for effecting intermittent movement of said support, a series of relatively narrow-bodied and` sharpenededgedl drying and shaping members on saidsupport and hollow to contain a heating medium, means for introducing a heating medium into each member of the series to. ,heat it from within, and a heat-retaining Ahousing into and out of which said members are moved during the travel of said support.

38. An apparatus for simultaneously drying'and shaping hosiery articles including in combination, a base, a rotatable support mou'nted thereon, a series of relatively narnow-bodied and thin-edged drying and shaping members disposed on said support, said support-being,provided with channels for supplying a heating medium to the members and thereby to the interior surface of the hosiery articles, and heat-conveying and exhausting-pipes connected to said channels,

respectively, means for draining said supply channels, and a heat-retaining housing into which said members are moved vand wherein said articles are dried on their exterior surface.

and provided with a, passage for a heating medium. ,40. A stoclging mold for simultaneously drying, shaping its edges .and nishi'ng nr stened" hosiery comprising a hohuw, metallic formvhaving its sidesy converging Hand. 'substantially sharpenedto 'crease andnish 39'. A.` device for .drying and finishing the article mounted thereon simultaneously with its drying when the form is heated 1 from Within.

41. A stocking mold for simultaneously drying, shaping and iinishing moistened hosiery comprising a hollow, metallic form having its sides converging and its edges substantially sharpened to crease and nish the article mounted thereon simultaneously with its drying when the form is heated from Within, and meais for maintaining y heat in the form to heat itrfrom Within.

42. A hosiery drying and shaping device comprising a solid heating body having a steam-passage, and a steam-supplying structure outside of the body and communicating I article mounted on vthe exterior thereof When i the form 1s heated from within, and means for maintaining heat Within the device.

44. A hosiery drying and shaping form having its sides relatively thin in crosssection and converging to present substantially-*reduced edgeportions, and a. partition dividing the form into a plurality of chambers for containing a medium to heat the form from Within.

45. A drying and shaping forni for hosiery comprising a body-portion relatively thin in cross-section, and edge-portions which converge to4 present substantiallysharpened edges, said form being hollow to contain a medium adapted to heat it from vvthin, and a hase-portion provided With inlet and outlet-ports.

In testimony vvhereor'l aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses,

GEORGE ooLLrs.

Witnesses: Gao. SMLTON,

M. D. STRUBEL.

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